Linda Williams, 78, Dies; Took a Scholarly Approach to Pornography

Linda Williams, 78, Dies; Took a Scholarly Approach to Pornography

Linda Williams, a trailblazing scholar whose research was foundational to the field of film studies and to feminist film theory, and who wrote extensively about pornography, died on March 12 at her home in Lafayette, in Northern California. She was 78. Her husband, Paul Fitzgerald, said the cause was complications of a hemorrhagic stroke she had five years ago. “Linda was there before there was any such thing as feminist film studies,” B. Ruby R…